NEWS BY CABLE.

Wairarapa Daily Times, Volume XIII, Issue 4096, 25 April 1892, Page 2

NEWS BY CABLE.

I ; (PRESS ASSOCIATION.) ENGLISH. ■ London, April 22. Padarewski, the emineat pianist, faaa abandoned bis proposed,visit to Australia and New Zealand, Lord Derby, in a speech npoii tlio propositi to, institute Pan-Britannio contests, expressed himself in favor of giving the suggestion a;fair- hearing, ' and bespoke for it a friendly audience, The leading men, he thought, ought to familiarise the publip with what was at present a novel idea. He w?s of opinion tifat a strong .conviction prevailed that none of the plans for noljtipal aiid commercial federation pjtbortp prqpos.ed ajre prngtical, jhejainijii's apples arrived jn e?> celleht. condition, inpli)ding a npber of cases of desiccated apples from Auckland,: .

Obituary—liieiiteninl-Genoral Sir L. Felly, M.P. for Hackney, England accepts the proposal for a monetary conference in America if limited to a discussion of the enlarged use of silver, but not if the free coinage question is to bo debated. Mr D. Gray's Antarctic expedition lis in danger of collapse, A section of tho subscribers insist on two whalers being sent, but the funds are Dot sufficient.

The aover» ntiQ replying to the Canadian Government re the tariu, tloefj "tigt admit the right of the Dominion V disprngittfltp jsgniqet ( England in favour of any of'the colonies, and states that to abolish the clauses would involve a revision of .the commerciul'treaties of tho Empire not confined to the Zollverein of Belgium. . A report lias reached here, which is not v y6\; however, 'confirmed, that the fe)p§oft|ie iiaVe daptured'Porto.^ovo,

: FOREIGN; , , :Hasibubo,April 22. A committee,' including Professor Newmaber, is forming an Antarctic exjieditiun. Dr Michaelson • acconr jianies it as geologist, and probably ma'aa" t'jie Bxpedition,. wjijob pill |m absent'a year. It is expected to sill in July. ■ . ;v , Berlin, April 21.

I Jaeger, who embezzled 2,000,000 marks' from Messrs Rfitbschild'sßank j'ri jiias jpriUaii from Bft'rtnsladt dtofessing fits guilt, anil stajing tb'at he* Imd decided' to 'commit suicide.

' Tl)e Germap Government is ois'tujnSbß " the position of.. Ibp Norddeukplidr Lloyds- Steamship jDompany, trading to the colonies, apd phifj} jg Ipsjpg a Jam oaip pf fjeepitp a B||bßtan),iftfsubpidy.,.

It is anggetted that tlio' company should abandon tlio Sydney and Samoa service, and it whs explained that the company is-unable to com' pete with the Peninsular and Oriental Company., . . In 1887 tho company proposed to transfer three of the vessels trading to America to the Australian line, but the Government would not allow it. f f >l f• V ' ' 'l, : . 'ltlaexpe'i'tpd that tbo service lvjlj be reorganised, ' " ' ' Madrid, April 22. A detective has admitted that Muncz wa« 'i spy on-tli# abtion rftlie Ate thepldt for jthpAflegtruction of public buildings flas concocted, ■

Paris, April 22. Forty-live anarchists have been arrested. New York, April 21, According to other telegrams received here the President of Venezuela denies the success of the lnsur- _ gents, an d deolares that the has collapsed. The Pennsylvania and Massachusetts Republican Conventions oppose the free coiiiago of Silver. VVASuraoxoN. April 21, The Anti-Chinese Bill will not pass Congress this session. 'Oalocttai ipril 22. It is reported that.the Maharajah of Sikkim, a feudatory State in the Himalayas; who'hai 1 -been opposing the British Vhas,- fled and taken, refuge in Thibetan, te,i;ritp,ryj;

SECOND; EDITION

Ac?adrinp,io, the,Obseryer.theHoh Mr Mitchetson doeß f no v . intend' to seek ra-oleotion ofcthe nox funeral election Ho has determined'i))i'ietite' : 'ifrbm political,life.,,A gentleman aeqnires board and residence ia a private family. ■

" A good tenant roquir'ej a six-roomed house in Masterton at once or within a fow'weeks. " . ' '

Messrs A. and J. "Welch advertise... hctilthy young ferrets for sals, prico lOsjjfc. each,,

Messrs Lotvea A lurna add to their stock sals for Wednesday, May.4th, six fat forward cattlo,2oo ewes and wethers, MO ewes h lamb, and forty-two 2 tooth eWes.

Tenders are invited by Messrs Quaint* roll'and H. Francis, of West Taratahi for fulling 800 aores of bush. Tenders will close on, May. 11th, and, intending tenderers oaii yitof tli'e b'upli on Tuesdays and Saturdays.' 'A'special'and most exlohsive'sale of drapery and clothing will be held in Mr F. H, Wood's auction.:rooms at Greytown.'on Friday and Saturday next The detailed list, of goods, which is an unusually long ono, appears in our advertising columns tomorrow. The Taupo correspondent of the New Zealand Herald writes oh Monday last i t-Ab I predicted, rain and snowfall lately has oausei Mgaruahoe tu become unusually , ; The cone of Ngaruahoe is covered with brow, but it is fast disappearing. The,mountain is now disohargmjj a tremendous .quantity of steam, and'during the night very heavy explosions took place, The town> ship was visited by quite' a number of earthquakes. . Referring to the Spackman appeal case, an Auckland paper says :-Thodti cision, on appeal,-by the Chief in the case of. Mrs Spackman j who was awarded 1200'' damages-, against the Wairarapa North County Council for the loss of her, husband by being killed through fflliiiig over. the 1 embankment dra : .t'oadf-thWiiMuty w : a3 cast ' upon local "bodies ti, fence" dangerous parts on ii load) has given' great satisfaction to our country Highway Boards and County Councils, who were deeply interested in the result of the appeal of the Wairarapa local body. Had the decision been otherwise, a duty would; have been put upon tho local' bodies' which they have not funds to carry out. The first annual Chrysanthemum Shop, .under, the auspices of the 'Mas« terton 'Horticultural Society- ,will : ; bo held in the Drill Hall on: Wednesday next. It is hoped, that the,number of exhibits will be largo, atid as entries may be made up till nine o'clock on the morning of the show day there is yet plenty of time for those who have not yet'thought of' exhibiting -to mako up their minds to do aoi A : string band under the direction of Mr A. yon Keisenberg has been engaged, and during the evontog a aelected programme of instrumental music will be rendered'. mtg&SMK that,we bavoopenod out, and havo now on • view, seine of the latest styles 'in'.'sihdg robe dresses at To Aro House, WeUiDgttSjr prominent among them are-Scotch Hornet spun, Panama Tweed,. Milsnge |Toile Cheviot Nega, Malvern tweeds,. Ohevio Flottc, Drop Grssae, and Missouri Carrauxt all very handsome and attractive atylea* at le Aro House, Wellington. , Thero are also great varieties of Estamino and Naval Serges, inoluding tho celebrated Waterproof Sorge, called Impervana»i. For durability and making up well, very few materials can surpass ..those at -Te iro House, Wellington, ■ In addition to these there are several other materials as announced by us on the first page of this paper, foremost among which are the favourite Dress Meltons, unequalled for durability, and whioh we have in various widths from 25 to 48 inohea wide at To iro House, Wellington, These. Dross. Meltons we. have in all colour?, such as Navy. Grey, Fawn, Myrtle Ciaret, .Prowl), Jlaronq aud Black Pat, terns of these '&nd 'any otnijf ditys'jjifttepa} svill bo forwarded postage tea by. applying Jb Te Aro Ilduse, Wellint'toa,'